__________________Today the world has embraced new royal Princesses in the form of Mary of Denmark and Maxima of the Netherlands. But it's questionable whether even these hugely popular, increasingly glamorous future Queens will ever capture the world's imagination in the same way as Diana.As Mario acknowledges: "She really was a true Princess".-www.theroyalist.net-

The procedural hearings - to determine whether or not a jury will be needed and whether or not to hold one inquest for both Diana and Dodi or to hold separate inquests - will be held next Monday and Tuesday.

If the decision is two inquests they could reach different conclusions, one have a jury and one not, have different coroners etc. That would cost the British taxpayer a lot more, IMHO. I think one inquest should be sufficient as they died in the same accident but I suspect that Al Fayed will push for two inquests and hope to get two different results thus causing more conspiracy theorists to abound.

According to the following link the Queen will be represented at the precedural hearings but not at the inquest itself, which will be heard later this year.

the queen will be represented because diana was a member of the royal family?

__________________Today the world has embraced new royal Princesses in the form of Mary of Denmark and Maxima of the Netherlands. But it's questionable whether even these hugely popular, increasingly glamorous future Queens will ever capture the world's imagination in the same way as Diana.As Mario acknowledges: "She really was a true Princess".-www.theroyalist.net-

I think Jo was asking who let the press know where they were going to be that night.

The Report touches on this question, and alludes to information being passed to the paparazzi by Al Fayed operatives/employees. I think at this stage of her 'holiday' Diana had had enough of the intensive press intrusion into her private life, and had nothing to gain by being surrounded by paps flashing cameras into the windows of her car. However, Mr Al Fayed may have thought there was some advantage for himself, and/or his son, in the public association with the Princess at the Ritz Hotel. The business about the former Paris home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor was hardly subtle.

I know that she means a lot to a lot of people. I admire the devotion to her, almost 10 years since her death. However, can't this poor woman just rest in peace? She's dead, it was a horrible tragedy, but don't you think it is time to move on?

I don't understand the press' insistence on dragging this out.

__________________"The grass was greener / The light was brighter / The taste was sweeter / The nights of wonder / With friends surrounded / The dawn mist glowing / The water flowing / The endless river / Forever and ever........ "

Don't you?
Diana was and is a source of money. The Press is just cashing on her memory, that's it.

__________________Queen Elizabeth: "I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations." God, Save The Queen!

Don't you?
Diana was and is a source of money. The Press is just cashing on her memory, that's it.

I figured as much, but I guess what I meant is ASIDE from money, what else could be gained for them by doing this? I think there's other ways of keeping her memory alive.

__________________"The grass was greener / The light was brighter / The taste was sweeter / The nights of wonder / With friends surrounded / The dawn mist glowing / The water flowing / The endless river / Forever and ever........ "

I figured as much, but I guess what I meant is ASIDE from money, what else could be gained for them by doing this? I think there's other ways of keeping her memory alive.

I guess her memory will live in her children, in her legacy and in the things she did during her life.
But for the press Diana is money (in my opinion). They hardly care to keep her memory alive. They just want to sell the newspaper.
In my opinion only.

__________________Queen Elizabeth: "I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations." God, Save The Queen!

I guess her memory will live in her children, in her legacy and in the things she did during her life.
But for the press Diana is money (in my opinion). They hardly care to keep her memory alive. They just want to sell the newspaper.
In my opinion only.

I agree. I guess I'm just of the mindset that this "inquest" isn't really going to garner any new information and that it's going overboard.

__________________"The grass was greener / The light was brighter / The taste was sweeter / The nights of wonder / With friends surrounded / The dawn mist glowing / The water flowing / The endless river / Forever and ever........ "

The Report touches on this question, and alludes to information being passed to the paparazzi by Al Fayed operatives/employees. I think at this stage of her 'holiday' Diana had had enough of the intensive press intrusion into her private life, and had nothing to gain by being surrounded by paps flashing cameras into the windows of her car. However, Mr Al Fayed may have thought there was some advantage for himself, and/or his son, in the public association with the Princess at the Ritz Hotel. The business about the former Paris home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor was hardly subtle.

What a great point, I'd never thought about it that way, but boy, does it make sense. This would explain why Al Fayed wants everyone's finger pointing squarely at anyone, but himself.

He is either completely delusional or he must, deep down, feel some responsibility for what happened that night.

<He> provided the chauffeur
<He> had insisted on switching cars at the last minute

..which would have made it difficult for any assasination plan to be carried out at that point, with all these moving , changing components.

And of course, do we really still believe that the princess was to be murdered because of who she was dating? Please.

The coroner at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, has said she does not want to appoint a jury made up of members of the Royal Household. Britain's former top female judge, Baroness Butler-Sloss, said it would be "inappropriate" to take the step during preliminary hearings at the High Court.

LONDON (Reuters) - Inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al Fayed in a 1997 car crash, one of the most thoroughly investigated events of recent times, are to be held separately but at the same time

__________________"One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety."

Well, as both were not even close to the scene of the incident and can only give background information I don't think they will be subjected to an appearance in court where the lawyer's of Al-Fayed will surely try to tear them apart. Isn't there a kind of immunity for the Royal family which makes it necessary to have important reasons for calling them into the witness stand? In Belgium, prince Laurent (who is allegedly involved in an affair which will lead to a trial) is protected by his status as Royal senator of the senate of Belgium and they will need good reasons to strip him of this immunity. How's the situation in Britain?

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__________________'To dare is to lose one step for but a moment, not to dare is to lose oneself forever' - Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark in a letter to Miss Mary Donaldson as stated by them on their official engagement interview.